r/sleepheadphones

I almost didn’t buy them because I’d seen quite a few negative comments on Reddit, mostly about the built-in sleep sounds and noticeable loops.

I usually stream my own audio over Bluetooth anyway, so that ended up being a non-issue for me.

I actually tried the Sleep A30 first. They’re probably the more polished product overall and definitely have more features, but I just couldn’t get comfortable in them.

I’m a side sleeper, and I could always feel them against the pillow. By morning my ear canals would feel warm, damp and kind of stuffy, and sometimes a little itchy. I also found the bass a little too punchy for bedtime since I prefer a cleaner, more relaxed sound when I’m trying to sleep.

So I returned them and tried the SomniPods without expecting much.

Surprisingly, comfort is where they completely won me over.Once I’m lying down, I barely notice them in my ears, even on my side. The battery easily gets me through the night, and the ANC works well for steady background noise, but honestly, the fit is what I care about most.

The app definitely needs work, and I understand the complaints about the built-in sounds. I personally wouldn’t pay for the subscription either because the paid content didn’t seem that special to me, especially when I can just stream pretty much anything I want over Bluetooth anyway.

They’re definitely not perfect, but if comfort is your main priority, they ended up being a lot better than I expected.

I cannot go on like this any longer.

I am woken suddenly by doors slamming by neighbours, creaking wooden floors and it’s left me with a lot of sleep anxiety & I struggle to get through the day because I’m just so drained by lack of sleep.

I sleep with a fan (not for heat but purely to mask noise but it doesn’t help).

I have tried loop but the occlusion effect wakes me up. And I’m a side sleeper 😭 (when I’m blessed with sleep)

Any recommendations of earphones / anything would be hugely appreciated.

I’ve heard ANC doesnt help with wooden door noises but if anyone has any experience please do share 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Hi everyone! I've been searching for the best headphones that can fit me but i just cant find anything on my budget that convinces me yet. Please help me with some recommendations. Some info about what i need:

- My budget is under 50 usd

- Im a side sleeper

- I move a lot at night so i usually lose my headphones if they arent well fitting (Airpods are the worst for this, i love them every time i try)

- I do NOT want noice cancelling. I need to be able to listen to my alarms for work, and usually noice cancelling makes my head hurt, like it induces headches. I dont know why that happens but its very uncomfortable

- I would honestly prefer it if they were open ear headphones, since i find it waaay more comfortable, but i used to fall asleep with my sounpeats popclip and they were too delicated and ended up broken in lile a month

I hope you can give me more that one recommendation, since im from Chile and some of the headphones i see online are really expensive to import over here

Thank you very much in advance!

I wanted to know how they are in the daily drive, specifically compared to the Samsung Buds Live, because those are starting to give up on me after almost 6 years of use. For an alternative, I am also looking for earbuds that are more comfortable for side sleeping and found the a20. Unfortunately, I don't have many options, especially for sleepbuds, because where I live, there aren't many choices, and the a20 is right at my budget. I don't care about ANC because I just want earbuds that play things for me so I don't disturb anyone.

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to find a good pair of earbuds specifically for sleeping and figured I’d ask here before buying anything.

A few things I care about:

• I sleep on my side most of the time, so comfort is easily the biggest thing for me. If they start hurting once my ear is against the pillow, I know I’ll end up taking them out
• battery needs to last through the night without me having to think about it
• I’d like the app to have a decent selection of sleep sounds built in. I’m honestly pretty lazy with this kind of thing and don’t want to spend ages every night deciding what to put on
• some kind of ANC or decent noise blocking would be nice, although I’d still pick comfort over stronger ANC
• I’m also a really light sleeper and random noises can wake me up pretty easily. Ideally I want something that can keep playing white noise or other built-in sounds after I fall asleep, rather than stopping everything once it detects I’m asleep
• sleep detection would be a plus, or at least some kind of proper sleep mode/timer
• I still want regular Bluetooth streaming as an option too. I don’t want to be stuck with only whatever sounds come with the app
• needs to be easy to buy in Australia
• I don’t really have a strict budget. I’d rather spend more on something I can actually sleep in every night

So far I’ve been looking at the Ozlo Sleepbuds 2, Soundcore Sleep A30 and SomniPods 3. Reviews are useful for comparing features, but comfort seems way harder to judge, especially when you’re actually lying on your side with them in for the whole night.

For anyone who regularly sleeps with earbuds in, what are you using? Anything you’d recommend or avoid?

Thanks ☺️

I have some industrial grade ear muffs that completely block out the noise, but they don't allow for side sleeping (too bulky).

Any way you know to make this work? I've seen pillows with holes that could help, but open to your ideas.

My bub is 12m old and it is a wrestle every night to put him to sleep. I want to try white noise machine- for brown/pink/white noise.

Any product recommendations pls? I shortlisted babelio and amkette - both are around 1500 INR.

Any one who can share their experience as to which one is better. Babelio seems higher rated but amkette has a Bluetooth speaker options to play your music too apart from pre loaded ambient sounds..

So I like to lay on my side to watch videos, movies and etc while in vr

Ik theres plenty of wirless buds
But wondering if you knew any good
Wired over ear or in ear
Headphones that would be good???

I got the soundcore a30 special a few weeks ago and have been using them since. They’ve been decent and I’ve enjoyed the smaller frame and more comfortable feel vs my AirPods for music while falling asleep (my main use case along with a bit of noise blocking), but I haven’t really had the experience of forgetting they are there, and often enough I can significantly notice them while side sleeping (move around a lot while sleeping/falling asleep so just a pillow with a cutout doesn’t seem sufficient).

Saw Oslo came out with their new sleepbuds and thought it would be useful to compare and to decide if this product category is worth it for me.

For those of you who have had both, how has the comparison been? How does the v2 compare, especially on the reliability end? I can handle semi reliable connections occasionally especially because I don’t really need them to stay asleep, but have seen all the complaints here, and haven’t run into any issues with the a30s, and have also enjoyed their controls on the earbuds that ozlo lacks. Thanks for your thoughts!

I feel these more in my ear than AirPod 2’s. The base piece rubs against my ear canal because it’s not covered by any silicon or padding. On top of that, if the case is open, your phone automatically connects as if your have the earphones in. So any amount opening of it and boom, you’ve lost out loud audio. Sleeping on your side with these is painful. Waste of money.

I’ve always been a really light sleeper, and after a childhood sharing a bedroom with a snoring sister I graduated to apartments on two very noisy streets and now a houseshare with people with different routines (who I’ve already had the noise convo with! And I’m in the process of trying to ‘soundproof’ the place as best I can, so no need to suggest those things <3).
I’ve been wearing earplugs to sleep since I was a teenager, and a few years ago it caused a problem with my right ear that still prevents me from wearing an earplug or any kind of earphone without causing severe irritation. My Loop earplug works great in my left ear, but that stops being much use as soon as I roll over onto my left side in my sleep! I’m too old now to be running on not enough sleep and reaching the end of my tether with how much it affects my life.
Interested to know if a product like a SnoozeBand will be a game-changer for me or just a waste of money - do people find them irritating to have on their faces and sleep in in a way that cancels out the noise-dampening benefits? Would love to hear from people who have tried them as similarly fussy sleepers.

tldr: SnoozeBands and the like - game-changers or more trouble than they’re worth?

Alternatively, if those products aren’t worth it, might anyone have any other suggestions for someone unable to put anything in one ear but unable to sleep without some sort of noise-cancelling?

I've been trying to find earbuds specifically for sleeping and it's turned into a way bigger decisio

I'm not against wired at ke how simple they are. The problem is every wired "sleep earbud" I find is basically $15 to $30 Amazon stuff. My skin is pretty sensitive and cheap materials make me red and itchy fast, so that's already made me hesitant.

Even setting that aside, I still care about build quality and how they sound. I don't need anything close to $500 IEM sound while I'm falling asleep, but I don't want something that feels like it'll fall apart either just because itmarketed for bed. Is thertion out there that I'mjust not finding?

For wireless I've basically got it down to the Fitnexa SomniPods, Ozlo Sleepbuds 2, and the Soundcore A30s, and annoyingly I like something different about each one. The SomniPods case barely gives off any light, which matters more to me than it probably should since I like my room fully dark before bed and even a tiny LED from a charger bugs me.

But the buds themselves, I like the Ozlos best. The wing shape is closer to the sports earbuds I alreon through and through, sothat wing design just looks right to me immediately.

So I guess I'm wondering if I'm missing some genuinely good wired pair before I drop more money on wireless. Has anyone actually tried all three? Mostly curious if anyone's found a wired pair that isn't just cheap Amazon junk.